Wild Boar Bouchées
A bouchée is an individual basket of puff pastry, like a small vol-au-vent. The first bouchée was supposedly invented by Marie Leszczyńska, the Polish princess wife of Louis XV. The original bouchée…
View ArticleWild Boar and Porcini Pirozhki
Pirozhki are Russian buns, usually individual-sized and baked. As with varenyky, you can fill them with pretty much anything you want — in fact, you could even use the exact same fillings for pirozhki…
View ArticleWild Boar Cutlets, Celery Root Purée, Kasha, and Lingonberry Sauce
As seen at the two restaurants discussed in my previous posts, wild game, mushrooms, and berries are three essential ingredients in Siberian cuisine. Quite often, the game meat is prepared as a…
View ArticleWild Boar Filet Mignon and Smoked Lentils
Wild boar is eaten all across Eastern Europe, from eastern Germany to Russia. It is a common charge in heraldry, displayed on the coat of arms of Ebersbach in Saxony. Boar hunting was… The post Wild...
View ArticleFall 2011: Game Recipes
Whether you just buy the meat or try to kill the animals yourself, game is back in season! Here are some recipes you might want to try: Have a whole wild pheasant… The post Fall 2011: Game Recipes...
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